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ONE HOSS SHAY WITH ITS COMPANION POEMS HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET AND THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN.|THE
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Used
- Condition
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1895. original full suede, cover decoratively stamped, top edge gilt. Pyle, Howard. small 8vo. original full suede, cover decoratively stamped, top edge gilt. 78, (2) leaves. First Edition, later printing, with illustrations by Howard Pyle. (BAL vol. 4, 9034; Morse & Brincklé, 171; Currier &Tilton, 237) Title page printed in red and black. Holmes' amusing verse is profusely illustrated with clever black-and-white line drawings by Pyle. Fourteen full-page illustrations, forty-four small illustrations, eight half-titles, tailpiece and headings, a total of sixty-six illustrations and decorations by Howard Pyle not previously published. Reprint of the poems with new preface by Holmes. Printed by Riverside Press. Gilt title on spine nearly worn away. Chipping, with loss, to spine ends, corners scuffed and worn, leather discolored at edges of the boards with some loss.
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- Bookseller
- Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73830
- Title
- ONE HOSS SHAY WITH ITS COMPANION POEMS HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET AND THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN.|THE
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Illustrator
- Pyle, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Original full suede, cover decoratively stamped, top edge gilt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1895
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
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- Leaves
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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